Flatley knocked out as Fiji rolls Reds

Wallaby flyhalf Elton Flatley has been taken to hospital after being knocked unconscious for three minutes during the Queensland Reds' 31-24 loss to Fiji at Ballymore in Brisbane.

Flatley was crunched in a tackle from Fijian number eight Alisereti Doviverata late in the first half.

The game was delayed for several minutes as Flatley was fitted with a neck brace and carried off the field on a stretcher.

He was then taken to the Royal Brisbane Hospital for tests.

Reds coach Andrew Slack says Flatley is recovering and should be fully recovered in time for the Wallabies' Tri-Nations series opener against South Africa in Cape Town on July 12.

"He's up and okay and talking to me," Slack said.

"I went and saw him at half-time. The doctors were happy with him. They said he obviously got a very serious knock and they were just a bit worried, so in those situations you're always pretty conservative and that's what they were.

"But he's up and about and going to be checked out of hospital tonight and hopefully will be right for Tri-Nations in a couple of weeks."